January 2009

Survey Thursday – BJ Penn or Georges St. Pierre?

January 29, 2009

* Who are you picking to win at UFC 94: BJ Penn or Georges St. Pierre? These two bruthas are arguably the best pound for pound MMA fighters in history and they will be facing off this Saturday in Las Vegas for the UFC Welterweight Championship (again). Penn is a local boy from Hilo and [...]

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Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – January 28, 2009

January 28, 2009

Paco is on a roll with back to back wins after correctly guessing last week’s photo: Taiyo Ramen in Honolulu. Wea da rest of y’all at!? Gonna give away more of the photo on this one cause it might be a little more challenging, but I’m not worried. I know you smaht buggahs going get um! Enough [...]

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What Attracts You to the Opposite Sex?

January 27, 2009

In yesterday’s Seven Things Meme post, rayboyjr shared something interesting about himself: A woman’s eyes are what I notice first and is the most impressionable feature on a woman. At least to me. A nice smile and a bat of the eye will get me all the time! That got me to thinkin’ (yeah, rare [...]

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Seven Things Meme

January 26, 2009

Bruddah Ryan recently tagged me in his “Seven Things Meme” blog, which basically obligated me to return the favor. What the heck is a meme you “axe”? Yeah, that’s exactly what I “axed” myself. So I looked da buggah up. Basically, it is a term used to describe a joke, link, digital file, video clip, [...]

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Fave Five Friday – Must Have CDs (Desert Island edition)

January 23, 2009

OK, so last week’s (Desert Island) DVD list seemed to be a pretty decent hit. We even got some lurkers to come out of shadows and post up in hurr. Woo hoo! Hopefully, this post will bring out more. C’mon y’all, don’t be scurred! This week, let’s go with the next logical list: CDs! Awwwww [...]

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Survey Thursday – How Old You Stay?

January 22, 2009

* How old you stay (group yourself in one of the categories below)? A) Me, Adam & Eve were homies! B) I could be your dad! C) You’re cool! We could’ve been classmates son! D) Anyone born in the 70s or before is old brah! E) Shut up and lemme get back to the Disney [...]

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Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – January 21, 2009

January 21, 2009

Two new faces - Paco and Ed Oshiro – got the correct answer to last week’s photo: Spaghettini in Haleiwa. Props to Paco, however, for being first. Good to see new participants up in hurr though. Welcome one and all. For this week’s WIHES, let’s try another strictly food shot. It seemed to be a hit [...]

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News Day Tuesday: January 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

Lots goin’ on in the world out dea folks. We can talk about the obvious, like Bruddah Barack’s historic inauguration today (congrats Barack!), but we all know errbody and their mama will be talking about that up in hurr. Lessee, we can gossip about American Idol, which will air its 3rd and 4th shows of the [...]

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Eating Your Way Through Japan – Part II

January 19, 2009

And… we’re… back. I know, I know, it’s been a while since part one, but no get all habuts. Takes long time fo put this together you know. We last left off sipping tea at Ito-Ya, waiting for the pops-recommended, kushikatsu joint to open up (opens at 5PM). When the clock hit 5, it was [...]

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Fave Five Friday – Must Have DVDs (Desert Island edition)

January 16, 2009

Recently, I saw an old episode of “The Office” when “Ryan started the fire.” Outside, the workers were playing Desert Island and I thought to myself, “Eh! That’s a good Fave Five list yeah!?” So here ya go! Keep in mind that these are the top 5 movies you can’t live without and would have to [...]

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Survey Thursday – Refi?

January 15, 2009

* With the mortgage rates at a record low, will/have you refinance(d) your current mortgage? [What da heck is Survey Thursday?] Let’s try an “adult” topic on for size and see how the comment activity goes. Hehe. I’m currently in the waiting/investigatory stages. If it drops once more, I will probably jump on the bandwagon. You? [...]

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Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – January 14, 2009

January 14, 2009

Coconut Willy, aka C Dubbs, shmall kine went off last week but was able to nail it with his fourth guess. Please help me both congratulate him on his victory as well as thank him for bumpin’ my comment count up a notch… BAM! Hehe. For this week’s WIHES, I’m posting a shot I took [...]

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Newsday Tuesday: Studs with Duds

January 13, 2009

Over the weekend, there were two interesting tidbits that occurred. Actor Josh Duhamel (“All My Children,” “Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!,” “Transformers”) and singer Fergie (Stacy Ann Ferguson) tied the knot at the Church Estates in Malibu California, and New England Patriots’ poster boy quarterback Tom Brady got engaged to supermodel Gisele Bundchen. Normally, I’m [...]

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Boys’ Night Out

January 12, 2009

On Friday, wifey went out for drinks with her friend, so I decided to hang with a couple o’ friends for a good ol’ fashioned BNO (Boys’ Night Out). My friend Dave was flying in from Hilo on a later flight, so I first hooked it up with Bari to do what most straight men [...]

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Fave Five Friday – Stink Breath Foods

January 9, 2009

Stink breat’! That’s right! I went there! Haha! Only on WWE I guess. LOL! I’m pretty paranoid about stink breath so hopefully, the results we get from this list will help us all keep our mouths fresh kine yeah? Haha! Hurr we gooooo! Garlic – any kine and in any form. Ho da haunas! kako [...]

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Survey Thursday – Favorite Candy Bar?

January 8, 2009

* What’s your favorite candy bar? [What da heck is Survey Thursday?] Like our previous survey for favorite breakfast cereal, here’s a fun one for those of us with a sweet tooth For me, unless strawberry Dibs count as a candy bar, I think I gotta go with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups baby! YUM! If [...]

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Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – January 7, 2009

January 7, 2009

Rodney, or, as I like to call him, “Tha Rodfather” won this contest last time we ran it., which was quite some time ago. Thanks to the Eves of Christmas and the New Year, WIHES was on a temporary hiatus, but now we’re back, in 2009, in full force son! Ready? K-go! Where In Hawaii [...]

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“News Day” Tuesday: Jason Mraz’s New Video Lucky

January 6, 2009

Sorry for being a bit MIA gang. I’ve been shmall kine slammed at work… The good news is that we’re starting yet another “game” up in hurr. Awwww yeah! Lessee, we’ve already got “Where In Hawaii Wednesday” (which I promise to get back to tomorrow ), “Survey Thursday,” and “Fave Five Friday.” “So what else [...]

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Eating Your Way Through Japan – Part I

January 4, 2009

[A hearty welcome to all you new World Wide Ed readers from the print world... Much love for visiting! Let's make um a habit from now k? ] About a month ago, the brand spankin’ new wifey and I went back to the motherland for our honeymoon. ‘Twas ten days of ‘moonin bliss, complete with [...]

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Anuhea Jenkins – Reppin’ Hawaii One Song At a Time

January 1, 2009
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You know how sometimes, when you’re out on the town, eating and drinking with your homies, background music is just that, background music? Neither here nor there, it’s usually just “stuff” filling the empty spaces around your conversation. Well, once you hear her voice, there’s no way that one Anuhea Jenkins can ever be considered [...]

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